revenue bond

noun

: a bond issued by a public agency authorized to build, acquire, or improve a revenue-producing property (such as a toll road) and payable out of revenue derived from such property

Examples of revenue bond in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The firm is overweight on essential-service revenue bonds, suburban governments and school districts and flagship universities. Michelle Fox, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2024 Unlike their corporate counterparts, who disclose in the global standard of Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), neither general obligation nor revenue bond borrowers have such consistency. Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024 The team is responsible for $840 million of funding and any cost overruns, $500 million will come from the state and the remainder will come from revenue bonds financed by sales and ticket taxes plus rent paid by the Titans. See the full list of CNBC’s Official 2024 NFL Team Valuations. Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024 The fund is tilted towards revenue bonds, with 63% of the portfolio allocated to the segment. Michelle Fox, CNBC, 17 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for revenue bond 

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Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of revenue bond was in 1856

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“Revenue bond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revenue%20bond. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.

Legal Definition

revenue bond

see bond sense 2

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